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The family of a Jersey City teen shot to death is in mourning, but members say they are also living with the knowledge that he helped bring new life to others. Ronald Witherspoon Jr. was gunned down a few steps away from his Belmont Avenue home on Wednesday, July 22. ...

A 23-year-old Newark man was arrested in connection with the December stabbing of a man inside his Perth Amboy apartment, officials say. Dewayne Williams was arrested in Newark Friday on murder and other charges in the Dec. 7 slaying of Jean Carlos Morel, 27, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey. ...

Many New Jersey businesses are enjoying the extra publicity and large crowds ahead of the Haskell Invitational, and thousands are turning out to Monmouth Park to watch the horses warm up. They mainly came to see Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, who is expected to run in Sunday's race, but the hype around the horse has benefited area businesses. ...

Two people were hospitalized after a Jet Ski accident on the Navesink River in Rumson Saturday, officials say. Both victims were riding on the same Jet Ski at around noon when they hit a wake and the driver lost control, officials say. ...

A Bergen County sheriff's officer smashed the window of a hot van to remove a 2-year-old boy left inside as his mother shopped, authorities say. An employee at a Hackensack Costco alerted officer Rich Carrion to the situation at around 4 p.m. Thursday. ...